LEADER 03973nam 2200649 450 001 9910812136503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7735-9617-8 010 $a0-7735-9616-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773596160 035 $a(CKB)2670000000571870 035 $a(EBL)3332826 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001454886 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11864150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454886 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11499265 035 $a(PQKB)11261787 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332826 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10955295 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL652130 035 $a(OCoLC)881399333 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4rdb3s 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332826 035 $a(DE-B1597)654879 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773596160 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000571870 100 $a20141029h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChildren into swans $efairy tales and the pagan imagination /$fJan Beveridge 210 1$aMontreal, Quebec :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7735-4394-5 311 $a1-322-20850-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""A Note on Spelling""; ""Pronunciation""; ""PART ONE: History""; ""1 Early Storytellers""; ""2 The Oldest a???Fairya??? Tale""; ""3 The Manuscript""; ""4 Folk Tales and Fairy Tales""; ""PART TWO: Characters""; ""5 Fairies""; ""6 Elves""; ""7 Dwarfs""; ""8 Household Spirits""; ""9 Water Dwellers""; ""10 Giants""; ""11 Souls and Spirits""; ""PART THREE: Stories from the Pagan Year""; ""12 Festival Days""; ""13 Beltaine""; ""14 Samain""; ""15 Midwinter and Midsummer"" 327 $a""PART FOUR: Storytellersa??? Themes""""16 Wishing, or Dreams Come True""; ""17 The Triple Form""; ""18 Shape-Shifting""; ""19 Omens and Prophecies""; ""20 Between Two Worlds""; ""21 Spells""; ""22 Trees""; ""23 The Invisible World""; ""24 A Fairy Tale Almost Forgotten""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 $aFairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fairy tales back as far as the earliest folk literature of northern Europe, Jan Beveridge shows how long these supernatural features have been a part of storytelling, with ancient tales, many from Celtic and Norse mythology, that offer glimpses into a remote era and a pre-Christian sensibility. The earliest stories often show significant differences from what we might expect. Elves mingle with Norse gods, dwarfs belong to a proud clan of magician-smiths, and fairies are shape-shifters emerging from the hills and the sea mist. In story traditions with roots in a pre-Christian imagination, an invisible other world exists alongside our own. From the lost cultures of a thousand years ago, Children into Swans opens the door on some of the most extraordinary worlds ever portrayed in literature - worlds that are both starkly beautiful and full of horrors. 606 $aFairy tales$zEurope$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFairy tales$zEurope$vClassification 615 0$aFairy tales$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFairy tales 676 $a398.2094 700 $aBeveridge$b Jan$01621254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812136503321 996 $aChildren into swans$93954449 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$26.22$u11/15/2019$5Eng